My name is James Heaney and in May 2011 I am going to become the youngest person to do a solo circumnavigation of the world by motorcycle.

I am going to be riding 20,000 miles through 13 countries from Cheltenham, England going into Europe, through Bulgaria, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia to Vladivostok where I’ll get a ferry over to Japan. From Tokyo I’ll fly over to San Francisco, follow Highway 1 south into Los Angeles, then along Route 66, finishing in Chicago 100 days later - and yes, that is a homage to Long Way Round!

I’m going to be doing the trip to raise money in support of War Child, registered with the Charity Commission No. 1071659.